List of wars involving the Republic of Macedonia

This is a list of wars involving the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Siege of Constantinople (717–718) (717-718)	Byzantine Empire First Bulgarian Empire	Umayyad Caliphate	Victory
Bulgar-Serb War (839-842)	First Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Principality	Defeat
Bulgar-Serb War (853)	First Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Principality	Defeat Peace Treaty
First Croatian-Bulgarian war (854)	Bulgarian Empire	Duchy of Croatia Kingdom of Croatia	Indecisive
Bulgarian-Serbian war (917-924)	First Bulgarian Empire	Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire	Victory Serbia is annexed by Bulgaria.
Second Croatian-Bulgarian war (925-931)	Bulgarian Empire	Duchy of Croatia Kingdom of Croatia	Defeat
Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 (913-927)	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire Principality of Serbia	Victory Byzantium recognizes the imperial title of the Bulgarian monarchs and the Bulgarian Patriarchate. Serbia is annexed by Bulgaria.
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria (968-1018)	Bulgarian Empire Kievan Rus' (970-971) Pechenegs	Byzantine Empire Kievan Rus' (968-969) Kingdom of Hungary Principality of Duklja Kingdom of Croatia	Defeat Dissolution of the First Bulgarian Empire. Byzantium establishes control over Bulgaria and much of the Balkan Peninsula. The Kingdom of Hungary expands into Transylvania and Banat. Pechenegs settle in Moldavia and Wallachia.
Third Croatian-Bulgarian war (997-1000)	Bulgarian Empire	Duchy of Croatia Kingdom of Croatia	Victory

Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Uprising of Asen and Peter (1185–1204)	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Victory Reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.
Bulgarian–Latin wars (1204 - 1261)	Bulgarian Empire Cumans	Latin Empire	Victory Weakening of the Latin Empire and enlargement of the Bulgarian Empire.
Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230)	Bulgarian Empire	Empire of Thessalonica	Victory
Mongol invasion of Bulgaria and Serbia (1242)	Bulgarian Empire	Mongol Empire	Defeat The Second Bulgarian Empire becomes a vassal of the Mongol Golden Horde.
Uprising of Ivaylo (1277–1280)	Bulgarian nobility Byzantine Empire Golden Horde	Bulgarians under Ivaylo	Victory Ivaylo was murdered, George Terter I became Emperor of Bulgaria.
Battle of Skafida (1304)	Second Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Victory
Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 (1341–47)	John V Palaiologos Regents: Anna of Savoy John XIV Kalekas Alexios Apokaukos Allies: Zealots of Thessalonica Serbia (1343–1347) Bulgaria Principality of Karvuna	John VI Kantakouzenos Allies: Serbia (1342–1343) Emirate of Aydin (1342/3–1345) Ottoman emirate (1345–1347) Emirate of Saruhan	Partial victory John VI Kantakouzenos defeats regents, and is recognized as senior emperor. Serbs gain Macedonia (except Thessalonica) and Albania, and soon after Epirus and Thessaly, establishing the Serbian Empire. Bulgarians gain parts of northern Thrace.
Bulgarian–Ottoman wars (1344- 1396)	Bulgarian Empire * Tsardom of Vidin	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Annexation of the territory of the Bulgarian Empire into the Ottoman Empire.

Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Second Serbian Uprising (1815-1817)	Serbian rebels	Ottoman Empire	Victory Establishment of the autonomous Principality of Serbia. Ottoman Empire loses control of the Sanjak of Smederevo.
Serbian-Ottoman War (1876-1878)	Principality of Serbia	Ottoman Empire	Defeat in the first phase, Victory in the second phase

Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)	Kingdom of Serbia	Principality of Bulgaria	Defeat Recognition of Unification of Bulgaria.
First Balkan War (1912-1913)	Kingdom of Serbia Bulgaria Greece Montenegro	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of London Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War (1913)	Kingdom of Serbia Romania Greece Montenegro Ottoman Empire	Bulgaria	Victory Treaty of Bucharest, 1913
Serbian Campaign of World War I (1914-1918)	Kingdom of Serbia Montenegro France (1915–1918) United Kingdom (1915–1918) Kingdom of Italy (1915-1918) Russia (until 1917) Romania (1916-1918) Greece (1917-1918)	Austria-Hungary Bulgaria (1915–1918) German Empire (1915–1918) Ottoman Empire	Victory Serbian victory in 1914. Central Powers victory in 1915. Temporary occupation of Serbia Serbian and Allied Powers victory in 1918

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Christmas Uprising (1919)	Montenegrin Whites Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Montenegrin Greens Kingdom of Italy	Victory The uprising was put down.
Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) Part of the World War II	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Germany Italy Hungary	Defeat Occupation of Yugoslavia Partition of Yugoslavia between the Axis. Creation of pro-Axis puppet regimes.

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Eastern Front (World War II) (1941-1945) Part of the World War II	Allies Soviet Union Poland Yugoslavia (from 1944) Czechoslovakia (from 1943) Tuva (until 1944) Former Axis powers or co-belligerents Romania (from 1944) Bulgaria (from 1944) Finland (from 1944) Aerial role only Free France (1943–45) United Kingdom (1941) United States (1944)	Axis powers Nazi Germany Romania (until 1944) Hungary Italy (until 1943) Bulgaria (until 1944) Axis puppet states Slovakia Croatia Co-belligerents Finland (until 1944)	Victory End of World War II in Europe (concurrently with the Western Front). Soviet Union occupies Eastern Europe and establishes pro-Soviet Communist governments in countries including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany. Establishment of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. Beginning of the Cold War and the creation of the Iron Curtain. The beginning of the Greek Civil War. Borders of Poland adjusted.
Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)	MPLA SWAPO MK Cuba (1975-91) East Germany (1975-89) Soviet Union (1975-89) Executive Outcomes (1992-95) Yugoslavia	UNITA FNLA FLEC South Africa (1975-89) Zaire (1975)	Victory Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989 Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92 Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991/92 onwards, but civil war continues Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002 Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002 Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002
Ten-Day War (1991)	Yugoslavia	Slovenian Republic	Defeat Brioni Accords
Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995)	Republic of Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska Yugoslav People's Army	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina	Withdrawal from Yugoslavia before war's conclusion Croatian victory Croatian forces regain control over most of RSK-held Croatian territory. Croatian forces advance into Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the eventual end of the Bosnian War.

Republic of Macedonia (1991–present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Somali Civil War (1992–1995)	United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia Macedonia	Somalia	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled. About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance. Civil war is ongoing.
2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)	Macedonia	National Liberation Army	Ceasefire Ohrid Agreement Macedonian offensive stopped by NATO involvement Ceasefire established The majority of Albanian insurgents agree to disarm in exchange for greater ethnic rights Low intensity resurgence since November 2001
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Part of the War on Terror	United States Afghanistan ISAF United Kingdom Germany Denmark Italy France Canada Australia New Zealand El Salvador Armenia Georgia Norway Sweden Poland Estonia Romania Turkey Bulgaria Hungary Luxembourg Portugal Austria Jordan Albania Macedonia Iceland Northern Alliance	Taliban al-Qaeda Mujahideen IMU Haqqani network ETIM Islamic Jihad Union Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Victory Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Killing of Osama bin Laden Establishment of new Afghan government Creation of new Afghan National Army Return of more than 5.7 million Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran
Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror	United States Iraq United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Estonia Netherlands Spain Denmark Macedonia MNF–I	Baath Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups IAI Ansar al-Sunnah Ba'athist Iraq	Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Defeat of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government. Macedonian withdrawal in 2008. U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq War on ISIL Iraqi Civil War